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Norman Cousins Professor, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior -
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

Lecture sposored by the Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center.   pdf version of Flyer

October 11th, 2006, 1:00pm-2:00 pm
Thomas Detre Hall Auditorium (WPIC 2nd floor) 

Working in the area of psychoneuroimmunology for nearly two decades, Dr. Irwin has authored
more than 200 articles and chapters, as well as one book, Human Psychoneuroimmunology.
His research is broadly based on the interactions between behavior and immunity, with anemphasis
on the consequences of major depression on immune processes relevant to infectious disease risk
as well as inflammatory disorders. More recently, Dr. Irwin and his colleagues have studied the
immunologic and health consequences of insomnia, with evaluation of the reciprocal links between
inflammatory cytokines and disordered sleep in clinical populations. His present research program
also includes investigations examining the capacity of mind-body interventions to improve insomnia
with consequences for inflammatory mechanisms and viral specific immunity in older adults and in
cancer survivors.
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Dr. Irwin holds the Norman Cousins Chair for Psychoneuroimmunology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and is Director of the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at the
UCLA SemelInstitute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. He is also Professor of Psychology
at UCLA, Director of the UCLA Training Program in Psychoneuroimmunology and Mental Health,
Chair of the UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine, and member of the Advisory
Board of the UCLA Center on Aging as well as the UCLA JonssonComprehensive Cancer Center.
Dr. Irwin is Past President of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society and of the Academy
of Behavioral Medicine Research, and a Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association and the
American College of Psychiatrists. In 2005, he was the recipient of the Faculty Research Mentor
Award from the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at the David Geffen School
of Medicine. In 2007, he will receive the Cousins Award from the Psychoneuroimmunology
Research Society, which recognizes career achievement in psychoneuro-immunology research. 

Michael Irwin, M.D.
“Sleep Disturbance and Activation of Cellular
and Genomic Markers of Inflammation”
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